The Benicia Amateur Radio Club invites you, your family & friends to 2018 ARRL Field Day on June 23-24 at the Benicia Fire Museum, 900 East 2nd Street. Field Day starts Saturday Morning at 11:00 AM and ends Sunday at 11:00 AM! You will see Demonstrations! You will be given an opportunity to talk on […]

Our July 10th BARC meeting is going to be a really exciting double presentation event! Jim Siemons, W6LK and Lauren Styles, WA6CIE, will be presenting on Pacificon 2018 and will also be bringing the MDARC 1 van for a show and tell about the van and its capabilities.

We are looking forward to the August 14th BARC meeting featuring “Digital Modes” by Kevin Amey, AA6KA. Elwin, KJ6SGM, saw his incredible presentation at another Club's meeting and recommended we have him speak at our club, and we were lucky enough to get him! Mark your calendars now for this informative and fascinating presentation. We […]

Today, Saturday, September 8th We have a FCC exam session from 0900 to 1100 at the Downtown Benicia Fire Station, 150 Military W., Benicia, Ca. Please enter via the 2nd St. Side door. Walk-ins are welcome! (This is not a class!) The fee is $15. Bring two forms of ID. Minors may bring school ID, […]

For the Sept. 11th BARC Meeting we are happy to announce Andy Record, KF6TJR, from Martinez ARC will be our guest speaker. His presentation will be “Building a Club Grade Repeater from Your Junk Box(es)”. Mark your calendars now! It meets at the Benicia Downtown Fire Station,150 Military West. Please enter via the 2nd Street […]

Past BARC President, Michelle Paquette will be giving another exciting presentation on compact antennas. She will be giving it on a new specific antenna she has been trying: a Magnetic Loop antenna, which works well in condos and HOAs. (Although we hear it's pretty finicky!) We will be having our pre-meeting meal at Pizza Pirate […]

Our exciting Get Your License-in-a Day class is followed by a FREE Get-on-the-Air class, or GOTA class. The GOTA class demonstrates how to get on the air and then YOU get on the air! For new hams and old hams! More experienced hams can attend for review, or to learn the latest new tricks!

Ron Bunch will be giving a presentation on Contra Costa County’s ACS program. Meeting begins at 7:00. Doors open at 6:30. Please enter via the 2nd side door. We will be having the pre-meeting at Pizza Pirate beginning at 5:00 pm. All are welcome! See you there!

Our annual Christmas Holiday Party is on on December 11th! (the same night that we would normally have our monthly meeting, the second Tuesday of the month, in December). The Party will be held at the Benicia Senior Center, 1201 East 2nd St. It will start at 6:30 pm for socializing and Dinner at 7:30. […]

January’s Meeting will be “GoKits: A Presentation on the Design and Construction of BARC’s GoKits; Hints and ideas on building your own Radio-in-a-Box”, by Art Mayoff, AA6AM. Art is our current Treasurer, and a past President of BARC and MDARC. Having been continuously licensed since 1961, he is also an ARRL Life member. He is […]